Events from the year 1920 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Christian X
  • Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 30 March), Otto Liebe (until 5 April), Michael Pedersen Friis (until 5 May), Niels Neergaard

Events

  • 29 March – Christian X dismisses the elected government, a reserve power he had under the Danish Constitution, giving rise to the constitutional crisis known as the Easter Crisis.
  • 4 April – The Easter Crisis ends with Christian X's dismissal of the Cabinet of Liebe.
  • 26 September – The 50th birthday of Christian X is celebrated.

Sports

Date unknown

  • B 1903 wins its first Danish football championship by defeating B 1901 2–0 in the final of the 1919–20 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

January–March

  • 31 January – Albert Mertz, painter (died 1990)
  • 26 February – Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister (died 1989)

April–June

  • 16 April – Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986)
  • 14 May – Knud Lundberg, football player (died 2002)
  • 22 May – Jorgen Thalbitzer pilot (died 1943)
  • 18 June – Grete Jalk, furniture designer (died 2006)

July–September

  • 28 August – Keld Helmer-Petersen, photographer (died 2013)

October–December

  • 6 November – Dagmar Andreasen, businesswoman (died 2006)
  • 13 November – Inge Krogh, politician (died 2023)
  • 6 December – Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen, author, conciliator and economist (died 2008)
  • 10 December – Ragnhild Hveger, swimmer (died 2011)

Deaths

January–March

  • 6 January – Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen , mathematician (born 1839)
  • 3 March – Theodor Philipsen, painter (born 1840)
  • 7 March – Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist (born 1848)
  • 14 March – Christian Blache, painter (born 1839)
  • 23 March – Ivar Knudsen, engineer (born 1861)

April–June

  • 15 April – Hans Peter Johan Lyngbye (born 1834)
  • 27 June – Hack Kampmann, architect (born 1856)

References


Old Photos of Denmark From the 1920s and 1930s Vintage Everyday

Denmark and the reunification of 1920

Old Photos of Denmark From the 1920s and 1930s Vintage Everyday

old europe Copenhagen, Denmark, 1920

Denmark and the reunification of 1920